Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-30

W1InAa =. McGarigle, Chicago's ex-Chicf
81 Police and Convicted Boodler. Makes
Lis Escape.
CnuAGo. LIZ, July 25.-W. ]. McGarigle,
the convicted boodler, has escaped. All day
to-day every available policeman and de-
tective in Chicago was trying vainly to find
him. kilograms have been sent all over the
country in the hope of heading him off, but
notwithstanding these efforts toward his re-
capture little hope is entertained that he will
ever again be in the custody of the people of
Cook county people at whose unlawful ex-
pense he throve and fattened for years.
Last evening Sheriff Matson drove up to
the county jail in his buggy, got out and dis
appeared in the building, real pc ring in
few moments with Meg. n gle. The
two entered the vehicle and drove
north. Their destination was McGar-
igie's house on Race street,
Lakeview. Upon arriving there Sheriff
Matson and his charge dismounted and en-
tered the house. McGarigle greeted his
wife and children very affectionately and
all entered the front room. In a few mo-
ments McGari lie went up stairs to see the
baby, Sheriff Matson remaining down stairs
In the front room. Although McGarigle
was out of sight, he was not out of hearing
OF the-sheriff, who heard him talking in the
room up stairs. Presently he descended and
said he would like to take a bath. Back of
the front room in which Sheriff Matson had
remained was parlor bed room, and off this
the bath room, McGarigle went into the back
room, accompanied by his wife, closed the
door, and Sheriff Matson heard Mrs. Nc
Garigle tell the domestic to ''bring some
clothing for Mr.. McGarigle." Sheriff Mat
son could hear the water running in the
bath-tub. He waited liberal time for the
bath, and then asked McGarigle's little girl,
who had remained in the room with him, to
tell her father he must hasten. The child
went to deliver the message, entered the
back room and did not reappear.
When, after considerable time, the little
girl had not returned, the sheriff for the
first time grew suspicious that something]
separated the front parlor from the bed
room, knocked end called, "McGarigle. :"
No response was returned, and, upon enter.
ing the bedroom, Mrs. McGarigle said that
her husband must be still in the bath. The
sheriff at once made for the bath room, and,
upon entering, saw that McGarigle had not
changed his underwear and had not been in
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through the rooms, looking over and
under the beds and in the
clothes closet, but McGarigle had dis |
appeared entirely. The sheriff ran out of
the house, searched the yard and the out |
houses and finally roamed the neighboring
yards, but was unable to find trace of his |
prisoner. Finally the sheriff fastened to the |
nearest station, and the police of the entire |
city were soon aroused. Detectives by /
scores began to scour the city, and every
policeman was ordered to remain on duty |
indefinitely, in the hope that some of them
might be fortunate enough to run across the
ex-warden.
The reason for taking McGarigle home
from Jail is found in the fact that States
Attorney Grinnell, for reasons of his own,
has had frequent consultations with Nc
Garigle most of them outside the Jail. It
was arranged that the two should meet at
house last night. The states
attorney, from some cause, could not keep
the engagement. The bath room episode
ensued, and tonight hundreds of officers,
bound by the very oath he himself admin
stered to them, are hunting McGarigle
down. |